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Emily J. Guest W.I. activist Hall of Fame nominee This year's F W10 nomination for induction to the Ontario Agricultural Hall ofFame, Miss Emily J. Guest. was accepted. Miss Guest will be inducted on Sunday, June 9, 1985 at the Hall of Fame Gallery at the Ontario Agricultural Museum, Mit- ton. Six other candidates will also be honored at that time, and likenesses of all seven will be unveiled. If you are interested in attending the event, please Contact the museum by calling (416) 878-815] or writing 13.0. Box 38, Milton, L9T2Y3. Her life . . . Miss Emily Guest was born on a farm near Birr, on April 27, 1871 in Middlesex County. She at- tended the University of Toronto and received her M.A. in 1901. She taught high school in Parkhill and Belleville in the early 1900's. She was impressed by the high ideals of Adelaide Hoodless, and being a lever of the country and country people, she could see a great future for rural women through the medium of the W0â€" men’s Institutes. She organized branches in Parkhill and Belleville as well as Birr. During this time she initiated medical inspection in schools in Middlesex County. in the oncoming years she visited every District in Ontario, and left her mark by her leadership in pro- gram planning. The First World War had a traumatic effect on Miss Guest. She volunteered her services to Great Britain, and upon her arâ€" rival there in 1916 was appointed the Canadian representative with the British Red Cross. In 1917 she was asked to join the staff of the Agricultural Organization Society to assist in the food conservation 24 program by organizing Women’s Institutes in association with Mrs. James Watt. Scotland was Miss Guest’s assignment. She spent her time lecturing and helping to or- ganize Women’s Rural Institutes. When Miss Guest returned to Canada in 1919 she was presented with a special jewelled pin from the National Federation of Woâ€" men’s Institutes. .‘II‘ ~....._...-. in -.-.. muklulusq -~.~...-..¢..... 4-"...â€" ms-nu' ; -.-*- ;...:.«a>.aa"!>~.hs~*x a v a i, r. V r “V. J. v-7" PE}? Upon her return to Canada she devoted the rest of her in: 10 writing, and to Women’s In 'liule work in the Administratix- De_ partment of the Parliament .uild. ings, Toronto. Miss Guest t id in 1936. After her death the jewel t pin was presented to the Birr W m; Institutes to be worn bx sch President in turn. Springmount Women ’5 Institute erected this cairn, incorporating the i date stone of U. S. S. #7 school last fall. The cairn was dedicated to all 5 who attended the school from [875 to 1965. Mrs. Mae Mayer, pictm'. to the stone was the chairman of the cairn fundraising committee.